Jack Posnikoff, MD died on October 31 at his home in Palm Desert, California with family by his side. Jack was born in July 1927 in a small town on the Saskatchewan (Canada) prairie to Russian immigrant parents. Jack’s family left Saskatchewan and moved to Toronto where he grew up and attended the University of Toronto. Given the times, Jack was able right out of high school to enter a special U of T medical school program set up for the returning WWII veterans and subsequently became what was believed to be the youngest neurosurgeon in Canada.